hop

Meaning

Noun

1. A short jump.
2. A jump on one leg.
3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
4. A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
5. (slang) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
6. The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.

Verb

1. To jump a short distance.
2. To jump on one foot.
3. To be in state of energetic activity.
4. To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
5. To jump onto, or over
6. To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
7. (informal) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
8. (informal) To dance.
9. (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.

Verb

1. To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
2. To gather hops.

Synonyms

jump

leap

skip

spring

bound

bounce

dance

💃

vault

gambol

hops

limp

caper

frisk

jig

prance

dancing

jump over

jump up

journey

limping

hopping

travel

trip

jump about

spring up

cavort

romp

saltation

shindig

hobble

hop-skip

record hop

jump off

junket

leapfrog

learn

master

overleap

overrun

overstep

page

pageboy

plunge

pop in

pounce

ride

shock

⚡

shoot

skipping

span

spurt out

surmount

surpass

top

🔝

tramp

transgress

transit

vaulting

waggle

be lame

jump up and down

saltatory

travel to

bob up and down

Humulus lupulus

hop on one foot

walk lamely

hop on

come hopping

European hop

common hop

common hops

abort

skimp over

beggar

bell boy

bine

bop

bridge

capriole

come by

commute

contortion

corroboree

cross

curvet

dance hall

dap

dive

duck

🦆

exceed

flit

frolic

gallop

get up

go off

go past

high

hitch

hoedown

hootenanny

hurdle

inebriation

insobriety

intoxication

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɒp/

Etymology

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).